Post by Ignited Soul on Dec 10, 2005 17:14:19 GMT -5
The Calgary Flames
Written: December 10th 2005
The Calgary Flames will celebrate 25 years in Calgary during the 2005-06 season. Since arriving from Atlanta on May 21, 1980, Flames have become a part of the fabric of Calgary with on-ice success and an off-ice commitment to community.
With three trips to the Stanley Cup Finals, including one championship in 1989, the Flames electrified the city of Calgary, even indirectly spawning the Red Mile during a captivating run to the finals in 2004.
Off the ice the Flames ownership group has always been committed to helping the community and millions and millions of dollars have flowed through the Flames Foundation to charities in Calgary and throughout Alberta.
The Atlanta Flames, whose emblem was a fiery A, played in The Omni (capacity 15,141). The Calgary Flames began play in the Stampede Corral (capacity 7,242) and changed the emblem to an explosive C.
The Flames first ever NHL game, in the Corral, was against the Quebec Nordiques on Oct. 9, 1980, and ended in a 5-5 tie. Flames forward Guy Chouinard scored the first goal in the history of the Calgary Flames at 8:45 of the first period against Quebec goaltender Michel Dion. The last game played in the Corral was a 6-5 playoff win over Edmonton on April 18, 1983. In three seasons in the Corral, the Flames played a total of 146 games (league, playoff and exhibition), including a thrilling win over the Soviet National Team on Jan. 2, 1983. The Flames lost only 28 regular season and four playoff games in the Corral.
The Flames moved across the street from the Corral and into the Saddledome in 1983. The Saddledome has been home to three Stanley Cup Finals featuring the Flames 1986, 1989 and 2004.
In the span of 25 years in Calgary, the Flames have become one of the premier franchises in the NHL. The pinnacle of the teams history was being crowned Stanley Cup champions for the 1988-89 season when they defeated the Montreal Canadiens.
The Flames returned to the Stanley Cup Finals for the third time in their history in 2004, with an improbable playoff that led the team to within one win of their second League championship. En route to the Stanley Cup Finals against Tampa Bay, the Flames defeated three Western Conference division champions in Vancouver, Detroit and San Jose.
The accomplishments of the club include two Presidents Trophies, first overall, (1987-88, 1988-89); three Clarence Campbell Conference titles (1985-86, 1988-89, 2003-04); three season and two Smythe Division playoff championships; two Pacific Division titles; and several NHL individual and team honours; and numerous attendance records.
The 2005-06 Calgary Flames enter their 26th NHL season and 22nd in the Pengrowth Saddledome performing in one of the best entertainment facilities in North America. The Saddledome facility opened Saturday, Oct. 15, 1983 to a sold-out crowd as the Edmonton Oilers edged the Flames 4-3.
The Flames formally assumed management of the Saddledome on August 1, 1994. The Saddledome underwent renovations, and was officially re-opened on October 25, 1995. Additions included premier dining and meeting facilities, 46 Club Suites that are 14 rows from the ice, plus two Super Suites and a club seating section with exclusive restaurants and lounges.
In conjunction with The Year of the Cowboy in Calgary, the Flames unveiled a black third jersey on June 23, 1998. The jersey represents horse power with attitude and is worn at selected games throughout the season. On June 21, 2000, the third jersey became the official road jersey of the Flames as they unveiled a new home design while temporarily shelving a red road uniform.
But 2003-2004 saw the rebirth of an exciting new red jersey as the clubs home sweater, while the traditional whites were worn strictly for road games and the black became the alternate jersey. That season the Sea of Red was revived during the NHL playoffs and the red Flames jersey became one of the top-selling jersey launches in NHL history.
The Flames history began when a group of Georgia businessmen, headed by Tom Cousins, were granted an NHL franchise on June 6, 1972. In the first game at the Omni the Flames and Buffalo Sabres played to a 1-1 tie. Whereas the Flaming C came to represent the Calgary franchise, the name Flames was arrived at by a contest in Atlanta to choose the most representative nickname. Historically, General Sherman captured the city of Atlanta during the Civil War and burned the city down. The flames that engulfed the entire city were extinguished, and the rebirth of the Georgia capital began.
On May 21, 1980 Nelson Skalbania announced that he and a group of Calgary businessmen had purchased the Atlanta franchise and would move the team to Calgary. Sixteen months later Skalbania sold his interest in the team and ownership of the Flames was held exclusively by six Calgary business people until June 15, 1990 when Norman Green left the Flames to become owner of the Minnesota (now Dallas) Stars.
On August 8, 1994 the Flames announced revisions to the clubs ownership structure adding six new investors and seeing two (Norman Kwong, Sonia Scurfield) of the teams original owners leave by selling their entire interest in the club. In 2001, the Flames ownership group bought the interests of two members, Dr. Grant Bartlett and Ronald Joyce. The Flames now presently have eight owners, all local, who jointly control operations of the Pengrowth Saddledome, Flames and the WHLs Calgary Hitmen Hockey Clubs.
(All of that in red provided from the Flames official website.)
Let's cheer loud for their game tonight verses the Ottawa Senators!
Team stats:
Wins: 17
Losses: 9
OTL: 1
SOL: 3
GF: 73
GA: 72
Points: 38
Next: Senators in Calgary Tonight
Player Stats:
RK Player Pos Team GP G A P +/- ESP SHP PwPP HmP RdP ODvP DvP P/G
1 Jarome Iginla (12) R CGY 30 13 14 27 9 13 1 13 13 14 14 13 .90
2 Daymond Langkow (22) C CGY 30 8 13 21 -1 9 0 12 7 14 16 5 .70
3 Tony Amonte (10) R CGY 30 7 10 17 -1 8 1 8 7 10 10 7 .57
4 Dion Phaneuf (3) D CGY 30 6 9 15 1 4 0 11 9 6 5 10 .50
5 Roman Hamerlik (4) D CGY 30 4 11 15 2 6 0 9 9 6 7 8 .50
6 Steven Reinprecht (27) C CGY 30 4 11 15 3 9 0 6 12 3 7 8 .50
7 Chuck Kobasew (19) R CGY 30 10 4 14 -1 9 0 5 9 5 9 5 .47
8 Kristian Huselius (20) R CGY 27 5 8 13 -9 6 0 7 3 10 12 1 .48
9 Andrew Ference (21) D CGY 30 2 11 13 1 9 0 4 5 8 8 5 .43
10 Marcus Nilson (26) L CGY 30 4 6 10 12 9 0 1 5 5 7 3 .33
11 Stephane Yelle (11) C CGY 30 1 6 7 6 5 0 2 3 4 4 3 .23
12 Chris Simon (17) L CGY 24 2 4 6 -3 3 0 3 3 3 3 3 .25
13 Robyn Regehr (28) D CGY 16 2 4 6 4 3 0 3 2 4 5 1 .38
14 Darren McCarty (25) R CGY 26 2 4 6 0 5 0 1 4 2 4 2 .23
15 Rhett Warrener (44) D CGY 30 2 1 3 4 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 .10
16 Craig MacDonald (29) C CGY 17 2 1 3 0 2 0 1 2 1 0 3 .18
17 Jordan Leopold (6) D CGY 30 0 3 3 6 2 0 1 1 2 0 3 .10
18 Matthew Lombardi (18) C CGY 6 0 3 3 1 3 0 0 2 1 3 0 .50
19 Shean Donovan (16) R CGY 29 1 1 2 -1 2 0 0 1 1 2 0 .07
20 Byron Ritchie (15) C CGY 21 1 0 1 -1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .05
21 Bryan Marchment (7) D CGY 10 0 1 1 -1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 .10
22 Jason Wiemer (24) C CGY 19 0 1 1 -4 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 .05
Goaltenders:
Miikka Kiprusoff (34) :
Catches Height Weight
Left 6'2" 190 lbs
Born Date
Turku, FIN 26/10/1976
Current Year Statistics
GP W L T MIN GA GAA SA SV SV%
26 14 8 4 1,534:01 56 2.19 664 608 0.916
Philippe Sauve (30) :
Catches Height Weight
Left 6'0'' 188
Born Date
Buffalo, NY 27/02/1980
Current Year Statistics
GP W L T MIN GA GAA SA SV SV%
6 3 1 0 284:00 11 2.32 135 124 0.919
(Players stats provided by NHL.com and Flames official website)
